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It all depends on supply and demand. The less cabins available the more expensive it will be

That’s why we always take the plus package as opposed to premier. We sail 14-21 day cruises as a rule. The plus package includes our normal drinks, we don’t do photos and if we want an occasional specialty dinner it is cheaper for us to pay for it rather than forking out anther $20 per person per day

Salty Dog Gastropub and Vines have not allowed reservations on my last 6 cruises

On the Princess website pull up the cruise if you are booked and choose travel summary. If you haven’t yet booked the go to cruises pull up the cruise you want and the itinerary will show

Or just go to the website itinerary it will show all scheduled time arrival and departure. Changes do happen however

We never book specialty dinners in advance just once on board so never had this issue

We usually google the ship name and sailing date to see if there are any group bookings. We have had a few cruises with football fans etc. not usually an issue unless it is a real big group. The worst I remember was in the early 1990’s when a square dance group brought their on music to the disco and wanted that kind of music. This was when DJ’s actually listened to requests or the cruise that had a large number of anti drinking anti gambling ryors who would stand outside bars and casino trying to hand out pamphlets

The $106 would be the charge for 2 specialty meals including the 18%. If you had already paid the charge minus the 18% that is where the error is.

Have ever been able to do that in restaurants at home ? Most restaurants have a by the glass selection and a by the bottle selection. They really do not want tons of bottles open back in the galley

Vines menu has only a few wines. For dinner we often want an old vine Zin or other one off wines. We get the package for cocktails mostly and have wine with dinner or late night casino time

There is really no crossover in benefits. The plus package includes WiFi, Gratuities, 2 casual meals, drinks in the MDR and bars. None of these come with suites. In our opinion the concierge lounge is really not that much. We only use it to grab an early morning coffee and get help with specialty dinner reservations. We would rather have pre dinner cocktails at bars with music

I have never walked off any ship with a credit balance. LOL

We usually order bottles at dinner so no problem with top offs. If you have a package you get a 25% discount. Much better wines and huge list much better then even wines by the glass at Vines

The wine menu is a very large book with multiple pages

Easy peasy. You will do a transit day with customs. Makes no difference how it was booked

On every Grand class ship I have been on the last few years the house band has acted as a jazz band in various venues like Adagio or Wheelhouse several times every week. On nights where the theater had things like magicians etc and they didn’t need to be there we found them around ship. Check out your patter they have some really talented musicians

We have never had a problem getting reservations once on board. Unless you are people who must eat at 5:00 there are always tables open at 7:30 or later. Especially for embarkation night they leave tables open for suites

On the last 3 cruises we took there was an actual sign pointing people to the “regular “ entrance. Still people wanted to complain since they could see empty tables and didn’t want to wait

Sorry but that is not accurate for sodas. I always just ask for a Diet Coke. Some bars hand me a fountain drink and some a can. I have never bet charged in either situy

The plus package includes 2 casual meals not specialty meals. The Premier package has 2 specialty dinners. Specialties are like Crown Grill and Sabatini’s. Casuals are like Alfredo’s and Salty Dog Gastropub

I have never had to ask for a paper menu and have never used my phone to see a menu on board a ship ever

Please note that Oregon does not have any state sales tax

The aromas are very light. We did this last year and it was probably the best dinner at sea in at least 20 years

Looks way over the top to me

I believe Princess counts all beers as being part of the 15 Sodas, water and coffees are never counted towards the 15